Yesterday we delivered the salaries to the cooks. They each got K2250 ($18 USD) for three weeks work. Next month they will get K3000 because they will work for the whole month. After receiving and counting their salaries, the ladies told Mabvuto to tell me that they are very grateful to me. [...]

Yesterday the cooks came to pick up the maize for the week. While we waited for Mabvuto to return from work Kelita told me, “Madam, one of your sons passed his exams.” At first I thought she was asking me a question so I told her I have no sons. She said [...]

I am happily writing this from my “home” away from home in Lilongwe, Malawi. I am now at Heuglin’s Lodge, the place I called home for 3 glorious weeks last summer. Because I am now paying my own way, I can only afford to stay here for 2 nights. I am enjoying every [...]

Yesterday we visited the D.C. We were not planning to go but decided we should. Upon our arrival we found a nursery school using our building. The building was a mess with a lot of dirt on the floor. The cooks had been told that the nursery school was to use [...]

On Friday we visited to Day Care again. We arrived at about 1 pm, well after the children should have been gone home but all of them were still there. The two boys were outside playing football while the girlsl were inside getting help with their homework. I was so happy [...]